File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position during sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX
SpaceX aims to launch its 60th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday evening.
The Starlink 15-10 mission is set to add another 27 broadband internet satellites to the company’s massive low Earth orbit constellation. By the end of November, it had launched more than 2,800 Starlink satellites this year alone.
SpaceX is targeting liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 9:28 p.m. PST (12:28 a.m. EST / 0528 UTC).
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
SpaceX will launch the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number 1081. This will be the 20th flight of this booster after flying missions, including NASA’s Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE and TRACERS.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1081 will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’. If successful, this will be the 166th landing on this vessel and the 542nd booster landing to date.